Background
Dr. Han-Liang Huang was born in 1893 in Amoy, Fujian province.
Dr. Han-Liang Huang was born in 1893 in Amoy, Fujian province.
Dr. Han-Liang Huang received his early education under the old literary system. He began the study of English in 1910 and entered Tsinghua College in the spring of 1911 as one of the first group of student.
After graduation from Tsinghua he was sent by the College to America and studied in the University of Michigan for two years and Princeton University for two years, receiving from the latter the degree of Litt. B. in 1915, after which he studied Economics in Columbia University 1915-1918, receiving A. M. in 1916 and Ph. D. in 1918.
Dr. Huang returned to China in the winter of 1918 and was engaged in the banking business in Shanghai and Manila since he returned. He was appointed manager of the Ho Hong Bank, Ltd., Hongkong in 1923.
Mr. Huang served as Director of the Chinese Y. M. C. A. in Shanghai and Manila and Chairman of South China Chapter of Tsinghua Alumni Association. He was a member of Princeton Chapter of Phi Beta kappa.